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M. V. TRUBE. SAD IRON.

No. 520,583. Patented May 29, 1894 :5 ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES M/VE/VTOH I M *7 2h Wm +11 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

MARGARET VIRGINIA TRUBE, OF BROOKLYN, NElV YORK.

SAD-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,583, dated May 29,1894. Application filed May 28, 1892. Serial No. 434,760- [No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARGARET VIRGINIA TRUBE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city of Brooklyn, Kings county, in the State ofNew York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sad-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sad-irons, or flatirons, of the class moreespecially used for ironing and pressing garments, and has for itsobject to produce an iron which will thoroughly and efficiently performthe work of an ordinary sad-iron and a polishing-iron, and, at the sametime, embody a device especially suited and adapted for the ironing andpressing out of seams, hems, tucks and other parts of garments andfabrics, and for use in all cases where it is only necessary,ordesirable, to iron press or set a small or narrow part of a surfacewithout interfering with any but the immediate part of the articlerequiring to be operated upon. 7

My invention consists of the construction herein set forth in thedescription and claims.

The most important part of my invention is a ridge, rib or projectionupon one of the surfaces of my sad-iron, extending substantially fromtoo to heel, and to be used for ironing or pressing seams. This, withthe other parts of the invention, will be fully understood from thefollowing detailed description, having reference also to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification.

In said drawings similar letters and numerals of reference indicate likeparts in the several figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, with parts in section, of my improved ironwith the handle in the position it occupies when the seamironing surfaceis to be used. Fig. 2 is also a side elevation with parts in section,with the handle in the position it occupies when plain ironing, pressingor polishing is to be done. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the ironshown in the first two figures.

The body of the iron is preferably an approximation of the shape shown,the top surface a, having recesses, or sockets, 1, 1, for the toes ofthe separable handle Z (to be hereinafter more particularly described)and b is the bottom or seam ironing surface, being the face of a rib, b,projecting from the body of the iron any required distance, andextending substantially from toe to heel, being preferablylongitudinally curved, as shown in Fig. 1, to adapt it to this style ofsad-iron.

c is a plain ironing surface occupying one of the longest sides of thebody, and intending to be used for ordinary ironing purposes independentof the seam-ironing surface 19. When this plain surface 0 is to be used,the handle Z is removed from the recesses or sockets 1, 1,and placed soas to engage in another pair of sockets 2, 2, constructed in theiron-body upon the side immediately opposite, or above, the ironingsurface 0, and at right angles, or approximately so, to the sockets 1,1,on the top face a, which latter position is indicated in Fig. 2.

d is a flattened portion of the toe of the iron (where the rib b,merges, or is drawn down into the body), which is used for ordinary finepolishing Work, and e is a rounded supplementary surface which may beconveniently used for pressing out creases which may exist in a garmentadjacent to the seam, and the like, which supplementary surface can bebrought into play when the handle is in the first named position, orthat occupied when the seam-ironing surface I) is being used, by simplytilting the iron to one side.

The handle Z is made preferably of a wooden sleeve mounted upon a rodbent into somewhat the form shown, and having to act against a fixedspring 4, which spring serves to keep the toe 3 within the recess in theiron,

as shown clearly in Figs. -1 and 2. This pivoted toe 3 fits into therecess nearest the heel of the iron, so that in the operation of ironingthe main strain is upon the front part of the handle.

I do not limit myself to the above described handle arrangement, as manyother forms may be used with like effect.

It will be seen that all the desirable features of a pressing andpolishing sad-iron are preserved in an iron embodying my construction,and in addition thereto I have provided an element long sought for bytailors, dressmakers, laundresses and others, whereby seams, tucks andthe like may be quickly and accurately pressed out without encroachingroe upon the fabric of the garment beyond the immediate point requiringto be ironed. Another useful result attained by my invention is thatseams and tucks of fine silks, satins, plushes and velvets may bereadily ironed and pressed out by simply removing the handle, laying myimproved iron upon a table with the rib b and its ironing surface buppermost, and then taking such a fabric in the hands and drawing thereverse side of the folded or seamed portion the required number oftimes, and with the required pressure, along the seam-ironing facedescribed, thus preserving the face or nap of such fabrics intact, whichcannot be easily accomplished by any of the forms of iron with which Iam acquainted.

Various changes may be made in the construction of my iron withoutdeparting from my invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. A sad iron comprising a detachable handle and a body portion havingtwo ironing surfaces, one of which consists of a raised seam-pressingrib formed integrally with the body portion and curved longitudinally,said body portion being provided with suitable catches forengagementwith the handle, substantially as set forth.

2. A sad-iron having a raised seam-pressing rib formed integrally withits body portion, curved longitudinally, substantially as set forth.

3. A sad-iron comprising a detachable handle and a body portion providedwith catches adapted to receive the handle, and having a MARGARETVIRGINIA TRUBE.

'Witnesses:

RoBT. A. KELLOND, EDWIN SEGER.

